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No business concept was more important to americas economic revival in the 1990s than reengineering introduced to the world in michael hammer and james champys. Published by harvard business school press, it was listed as a top 10 business book by amazon. And it was an astronomer who finally explained what happened to the dinosaurs. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The medici effect quotes showing 122 of 22 leonardo da vinci, the defining renaissance man and perhaps the greatest intersectionalist of all times, believed that in order to fully understand. Jun 29, 2007 one of my early posts the medici effect discussed frans johanssons interesting book the medici effect. We share ideas the medici effect what elephants and epidemics can teach us about innovation by frans johansson. One of my intellectual heroes, clay christensen, called it one of the most insightful books on managing innovation that he has ever read, and cites it as support of his book the innovators dna. The medici family history and the enormous impact it had on italian history is archived in the archive di stato in florence roover, 1966.
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